Jerome, Chrysostom, and Friends: Essays and Translations

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Includes translations of:

• The Life of Olympias (anonymous)
• Sergia's Narration concerning St. Olympias

Chrysostom's 379 (?) A.D.

• Instruction and refutation directed against those men cohabiting with virgins (Quod regulares feminæ viris cohabitare non debeant , Περι του πωσ δει φυλαττειν την παρθενιαν, Latin lit. That virgins should not cohabit with men), pp. 164-205 (PDF pp. 182-223)
  p. 196 (PDF p. 214): effeminate men:

11. […] if when a soldier has donned his helmet, his shin-guards, his armor; after he has taken up his sword, his shield, his spear, his bows, arrows, and quiver; when the trumpet shrilly resounds, summoning everyone; when the enemy, gasping mightily, is ready to raze the city to the ground; if then you saw a man who did not hasten to his position but entered a house and sat down with his armor amidst the women, would you not, if it were possible, run him through the middle with a sword without uttering a word?

pp. 198-99 (PDF pp. 216-7): not flattering women nor seeking their honor, how a man should rule/command a woman, stand his ground, and not be pussy-whipped by her:

the women themselves: whom would they praise and give their approval to more, their servants or their masters, those who are subordinate, who do and suffer everything for their pleasure, or those who put up with nothing of this kind, but are ashamed even of their malicious commands? If they wish to tell the truth, they will certainly admit the latter.

pp. 237-8 (PDF p. 255-6) describe the angel-likeness of a true Bride of Christ: "it is necessary [… that] she were an angel just now descended from heaven.", and "Who, in short, will dare to approach her, who, if he is a man, will dare to touch her glowing soul?"

• On the necessity of guarding virginity (Contra eos qui subintroductas habent virgines , ∆ιδασκαλια και ελεγχοσ προσ τουσ εχοντασ συνεισακτουσ, Latin lit. Against those who have subintroduced virgins), pp. 209-246 (PDF pp. 227-263)